Huawei called Australia's ban on the company from supplying equipment for its national broadband project due to security concerns a "setback".

The telco will have to offer open access wholesale services on its South Brisbane fibre network and some of its Greenfield fibre rollouts subject to ACCC scrutiny.

The 700MHz spectrum band will be important for making 4G LTE a workhorse rather than a racehorse, according to Optus Networks managing director, Günther Ottendorfer.

There has been a lot of momentum around 4G LTE networks for high-speed mobile broadband data transfer but that doesn’t mean it will be a supplant existing 3G networks, according to Qualcomm South-East Asia and Pacific president, John Stefanac.

Spectrum sharing can allow a number of new players into the spectrum licencing market but ACMA needs to consider building a solid regulatory framework to accommodate this, according to Professor Martin Weiss from Pittsburgh University.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released research showing a rapid rise in the number of people without fixed-line phones at home.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is reporting record levels of Internet users getting online with social media like Facebook becoming a driving force.

Telco giant, Optus, is under fire from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for its latest series of advertisements targeting high-speed broadband customers.